Fast facts:
The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs as much as 2.5 tons and grows to as much as 55-feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.
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"Romanji" is a system of writing Japanese using the Latin alphabet.
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The first minimum wage Congress established in 1938 offered workers 25 cents and hour.
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If the number 111,111,111 is multiplied by itself, the result is all of the digits in ascending to descending order, or 12,345,678,987,654,321.
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Reportedly, beavers pick one mate and keep it around for life.
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On this date:
In 1767, American colonial officials agreed upon the Mason-Dixon line as the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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In 1842, Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable in New York Harbor between the Battery and Governor's Island. Samuel Morse is also known for Morse code.
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In 1867, the United States flag flew for the first time at Sitka, Alaska, following the purchase what would become the 50th state from Russia.
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In 1929, the Judicial Committee of England's Privy Council ruled women were "persons" in Canada. Previously, English common law said women were persons in matters of pains and penalties, but were not persons in matters of rights and privileges.
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Quotable...
"Rehavam Zeevi will only be the first."
- A masked gunman responding to the assassination of Israel's minister of tourism on a tape released by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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